The Wonder: A Woman Keeps a Secret (1714)

Author
Susanna Centlivre
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Comedy
Performance Medium
Spoken Drama
Associated work receipts The physical apparatus employed on and around the stage to support, enhance and sometimes substitute the performers' enactment of drama.
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
£27,402 3s £4,235 6s 6d (15.5%) £23,166 16s 6d (84.5%)
1732 - 1809
£27,402 3s - (100%) £4,235 6s 6d (15.5%) £23,166 16s 6d (84.5%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
207 60 147
1732 - 1809
207 60 147
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
30 Mar 1769 Covent Garden The Wonder, Midas No No No £131 6s 6d N/A N/A
08 Apr 1769 Covent Garden The Wonder, The Devil to Pay, The Florist, Allemand, Double Hornpipe, Minuet, New Tripple Hornpipe, The Garland, The Wapping Landlady No No Yes £173 11s N/A N/A
24 Apr 1769 Drury Lane The Wonder, Lethe No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
16 Nov 1769 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Padlock, New Pantomime Dance No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Dec 1769 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Padlock Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Jan 1770 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Register Office No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Apr 1770 Covent Garden The Wonder, Thomas and Sally, Minuet, The Wapping Landlady, Allemande, Comic Dance, Double Hornpipe, Hornpipe, Serious Dance, The Old Man Metamorphosed No No Yes £157 18s N/A N/A
04 Dec 1770 Drury Lane The Wonder, Daphne and Amintor No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Dec 1770 Drury Lane The Wonder, Daphne and Amintor No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
31 Dec 1771 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Mayor of Garratt No No No £271 2s 6d 61% N/A
23 Mar 1772 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Lyar, The Sailors' Revels No No No £265 18s 57% N/A
25 Apr 1772 Covent Garden The Wonder, The Author, The Merry Sailors No No Yes £120 1s 6d 39% N/A
09 May 1772 Drury Lane The Wonder, A Trip to Scotland, Minuet No No Yes £288 11s 65% N/A
15 Dec 1772 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Register Office, Comic Dance No No No £252 16s 66% N/A
27 May 1773 Drury Lane The Wonder, Miss in Her Teens, The Irish Fair No No Yes £292 14s 6d 47% N/A
13 Jan 1774 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Anatomist No No No £255 12s 6d 53% N/A
21 Jan 1774 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Lyar Yes No No £246 18s 6d 59% N/A
14 Feb 1774 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Note of Hand Yes No No £263 9s 6d 59% N/A
18 Jan 1775 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Cobler No No No £266 14s 6d N/A N/A
20 Jan 1775 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Lottery Yes No No £219 13s N/A N/A
25 Jan 1775 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Deuce Is in Him No Yes No £266 11s N/A N/A
25 May 1775 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Rival Candidates No No Yes £309 10s 6d N/A N/A
20 Oct 1775 Covent Garden The Wonder, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
30 Dec 1775 Covent Garden The Wonder, Prometheus No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 May 1776 Covent Garden The Wonder, St Patrick's Day, The Humours of the Newmarket Races, The Merry Sailors No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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